Re: findprog: don't exit => exit-free base_name, dir_name, etc

From:

Jim Meyering

Subject:

Re: findprog: don't exit => exit-free base_name, dir_name, etc

Date:

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:42:20 +0200

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> diff --git a/lib/mfilename.c b/lib/mfilename.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..10bdfbd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/lib/mfilename.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
> +/* simple file-name-manipulation functions that never exit
> +
> + Copyright (C) 1996-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +
> + This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
> + (at your option) any later version.
> +
> + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> + GNU General Public License for more details.
> +
> + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
> +
> +#include <config.h>
> +
> +#include "mfilename.h"
> +#include <string.h>
FYI, in case anyone is actually testing this,
I have since added this line:
#include <stdlib.h>
to get a declaration for malloc.